Rodvik Humble CEO of Linden Lab signed up to Second Life on the 11th of Janaury 2011 and today it marks his third rezday in Second Life. Since Rodvik joined back in 2011 there have been many new features, improvements and changes made to Second Life. The highlights are listed below for reference with snapshots of Rodvik between 2011 to 2013.
2011
- Teen Grid merged with Second Life main grid
- The Second Life Community Platform
- New Basic/Advanced modes in Viewer 2
- Social Web Profiles
- Mesh
2012
- Pathfinding alpha
- Improved Avatar and Object Streaming speeds
2013
- CHUI Beta Viewer
- Materials Project Viewer
- Project Shining
- SLShare
Happy 3rd Rezday Rodvik!
2011 – Rodvik at his first meet and greet session in Second Life
2012 – Rodvik in a spaceship avatar flying around SL9B
2013 – Rodvik special visit to Bay City
Who knows where Rodvik will go next in Second Life during 2014 ?
Rodvik has been very quiet on Twitter since 20th September 2012 and also on the communications side for most of 2013 so I hope we will hear something from Rodvik in 2014.
We miss you, Rodvik!
Daniel Voyager 
I wish I could see more positive aspects in a CEO who doesn’t seem to use his company’s main product. But I just can’t
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Thanks JubJub for your comment. 🙂
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Three years on and I don’t see any accomplishments worth mentioning besides the implementation of mesh. SL continues its slow decline due to his reluctance to lower tier.
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Thanks Wizard. There are a few accomplishments worth mentioning for sure but yes i agree Second Life is still declining. It’s really scary and pretty much sad.
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@ Wizard / I agree 95 % / Lower Tier yes / mesh is still screwy / CHUI is a disaster / People abandoning land is still a problem / and after all these years the official LL SL viewer still has a really horrid UI, it’s no wonder they have a difficult time retaining new customers.
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Thanks JayR.
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I don’t agree, V3 viewer is by far better then old v1 style!
Cross sims are much more improved!
Rezzing times and many things are really improved,l for those who use SL on a reg base!
Chui is not what a would call a good choice but i’ve being using it successful!
Tiers are not a problem for those who wish to live next to blake sea or on bay city or zindra!
Retaining new customers is as hard as any other virtual world, or you are willing to take the path of learning or better not to be at all!
SL is far far more advanced stil then any other virtual world, is not for dummies, will never be and im glad for that (and I know that many who only think in Sl as a profit tool will
disagree!), at least majority of sl community is a enthusiastic and united one!
Of course, Rod is the mirror of what lacks on Sl most, communication and understanding, from the eye of the company, its user base! But if Sl keeps on the path that is going, soon it will be a stable and enjoyable tool for those who can and wish!
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Thanks zzpearlbottom 🙂
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Isn’t it ironic that right after this we learned that he actually left?
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